No good deed — though misguided — goes unpunished

By Doug Page | Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 03:30 PM

It was a Tuesday evening when Englewood police were dispatched to a local watering hole. The manager told police he had received an unusual phone call.

According to the manager, a man called identifying himself as a Montgomery County officer. The caller said one of the business’ female employees was involved in a DUI accident.

The caller said because of “confidentiality laws” he could not reveal the name of the employee, but he would describe her to the manager. If the manager could then give him the employee’s name from the description, the caller could then give him the details of the problem. (That was awfully helpful of him.)

From the somewhat vague description, the manager gave the caller the name of an employee. The caller said that was the person involved. The caller then said (here it comes, gentle reader) the employee was in jail and needed $1,200 to make bail.

(Here’s where it gets better). The manager replied he didn’t have that kind of money. The caller then said one of the charges was being dropped and the bond reduced to $800. (What a sweetheart) The caller suggested the manager speak to friends of the employee to raise the money and put the manager on hold so the manager could make arrangements.

The manager called his boss to tell him of the situation. While on the phone with hos boss, the manager went to a bartender, who agreed to help. The bartender was instructed by the caller to go to a local business and wire the $800.

Meanwhile, the manager’s boss called back and said he’d just texted the employee to find out if she was all right. She responded that every was fine. (Are you as shocked as I?)

The upshot: the bartender returned having wired $800 to a person in Key Largo, Fla., only to find out the whole thing was a scam. It was then the employee drove into the parking lot to tell one and all she had not been in an accident nor been arrested and what the heck was going on.

Somebody, it would appear, is out 800 bucks.

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